NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, November 4, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-649 - Alaska SSO (Alaska) - Theft Conviction

On October 29th, T.G., a former State Department and Alaska SSO
employee, was sentenced to ten days in jail, a year's probation, a $1,000
fine and $2,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of stealing
public property (18 USC 641).  In March, 1995, ranger/investigator Ernest
Suazo was assigned to investigate a package mailed from the SSO in Anchorage. 
T.G.'s supervisor became suspicious when mailroom personnel brought to his
attention the improper placement of mailing labels on a government franked
package.  The package was addressed to T.H., Zenith Data Systems, in
Crystal Lake, Illinois; the NPS radio shop did business with neither.  A
computer power unit was found in the package, but it was not accompanied by
either a letter of transmittal or instructions.  The part was tested and
found to be in working condition.  Further investigation revealed that
T.G. had been in contact with T.H. on a regular basis since November,
1994, and that T.G. was supplying T.H. with stolen government computer
parts.  After the power unit was marked for identification and photographed,
it was shipped as addressed.  Suazo also specially marked other computer
parts in the radio shop.  T.G. soon sent another package to T.H..  The
package was intercepted and opened and found to contain several marked
computer parts.  On April 7, 1995, a search warrant was served on T.G. at
the radio shop by rangers and GSA police.  A simultaneous consent search was
conducted at T.H.'s residence in Illinois by Indiana Dunes NL criminal
investigators Guy Whitmer and Joe Wieszczyk (Whitmer and Wieszczyk were
unable to obtain a warrant because the U.S. attorney's office in Illinois was
in the process of moving).  Among the items of evidence seized at T.H.'s
residence were computer parts which had been marked by Suazo in Anchorage. 
The investigation revealed that T.G. and T.H. were operating an Internet
computer bulletin board service for profit at T.H.'s residence in Crystal
City.  The service catered to individuals with a sexual fetish clinically
known as acrotomophilia; the service provided graphic images of and
information about physically impaired individuals.  T.G. served as the
system support operator and supplied graphic images from his government
office in Anchorage using government equipment.  The FBI, State Department,
Postal Service and Alaska state troopers also contributed to the
investigation.  [Steve Shackelton, LES, AKSO]

96-650 - Isle Royale NP (MI) - Vessel Grounding

On Wednesday, October 30th, the 110-foot passenger vessel "Grandpa Woo" was
blown from her mooring in Grand Portage Bay, Minnesota, by extremely high
west winds.  The powerless vessel blew out into the open waters of Lake
Superior.  A freighter responded to the ship's distress call and took the
"Grandpa Woo" under tow.  As the two vessels were approaching Thunder Bay,
Ontario, 18-foot seas caused the tow bridle to break.  A tug boat from
Thunder Bay was able to rescue the two crewmen from the drifting vessel, but
heavy seas and icing precluded further efforts to tow the "Grandpa Woo" and
the ship was left adrift.  On October 31st, the ship came aground on the
north shore of Passage Island.  Winter weather and sea conditions have
prevented on-site damage assessments of the vessel and park resources. 
Recovery and salvage plans are being developed.  [Peter Armington, CR, ISRO]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR

Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, conferences and events, and a second, which contains
workshops and training courses.  If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along.  Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier.  Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information.  Brevity is appreciated.

11/9  -- "Mamie D. Eisenhower: Her Impact and Influence on Her Time,"
Dwight D. Eisenhower Seminar, Gettysburg, PA.  Sponsored by
Eisenhower NHS and Gettysburg College.  Contact: John Joyce,
EISE, 717-338-9114 (phone) or 717-338-0821 (fax).  [John Joyce,
EISE]

11/9-13* -- "Diverse Forests, Abundant Opportunities, and Evolving
Realities," Annual Conference, Society of American Foresters,
Albuquerque, NM.  Contact: Society of American Foresters, 301-
897-8720 x 102 (phone), or at perld@safnet.org (Internet). 
[Kathy Jope, CCSO]

11/12-17* -- Watchable Wildlife Conference, Huntington Beach, CA.  Contact: 1-
800-SAY-OCEAN (phone) or at http://www.gorp.com/wwldlife/
confrnce.htm (Web).  [Kathy Jope, CCSO]

11/14-17 -- "Eureka!! The Archaeology of Innovation and Science," Chacmool
Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  Abstracts
must be received by September 30th.  Contact: Lesley Nicholls, at
LANICHOLL@aol.com or by phone at 403-282-9567.  [Barbara Little,
NRHE/WASO]

11/14* -- Third Annual Meeting of the North American Amphibian Monitoring
Program, World Wide Web at http://www.im.nbs.gov/
naamp3/naamp3.html.  Web meeting to present, evaluate and discuss
amphibian monitoring techniques for North America.  Papers will
be presented in electronic format (html documents), complete with
graphics, tables, and e-mail links to the authors.  Participants
can query authors directly using simple electronic forms.  The
author answers the question, and both the original and answer are
posted back at the bottom of the paper within a day of the
author's reply.  Participants can watch the meeting evolve over a
period of several weeks as questions and answers are posted.  The
meeting will remain active for a period of three months, and
indefinitely as an archive of the meeting.  Contact: Sam Droege,
NBS, 301-497-5849 (phone), frog@nbs.gov (Internet),
http://www.im.nbs.gov (WWW - click on amphibians).  [Kathy Jope,
CCSO]

11/21-23 -- "Presenting Ourselves: Interpretation of Community Issues and
Local Culture," American Association of Museums, Cincinnati, OH. 
Contact: 202-289-9114 (phone); 202-289-6578 (fax).  [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, CSD/WASO]

1/3  -- Papers due for 1997 Rocky Mountain Symposium on Environmental
Issues in Oil and Gas Operations, to be held July 14-17 at the
Colorado School of Mines.  The Geological Resources Division will
again co-sponsor this conference, now in its fourth year. 
Session topics will include pollution prevention, ecosystem
management, air and water quality, visual impacts and pad siting
and reclamation.  Contact: Bruce Heise at NP-WASO-GRD (cc:Mail)
or 303-969-2017 (phone).  [Bruce Heise, GRD/WASO]

1/8-12 -- "Seaports, Ships, and Central Places," 30th Annual Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archeology, Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus
Christi, TX.  Pre-conference heritage resource management
training seminars will also be offered.  Contact: Dr. David L.
Carlson, Texas A&M, 409-847-9248 (phone) or dcarlson@tamu.edu
(Internet).  [Vergil E. Noble, MWAC]

1/13-17* -- Use of Force Conference, Lindenhurst, NY.  Conference on use of
force in law enforcement.  Topics include use of force theory,
legal and practical aspects of police use of force, courtroom
testimony, and field tactics and practices.  Also includes off-
site practical simulation training and firearms training and a
police expo.  Contact: Deborah Girard via cc:Mail or at 717-828-
2321.  [Deborah Girard, DEWA]

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